Yemen Famine

• 4 African countries at risk of famine, widespread food insecurity: United Nations

  U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Congo, Yemen, northeast Nigeria and South Sudan rank ``among the largest food crises in the world.''

  World

  Sep 5, 2020
  
• Humanitarian aid for near-starving Yemen population blocked by Houthi rebels

  The Houthis’ obstruction has hindered several programs that feed the near-starving population.

  World

  Feb 19, 2020
  
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• Silent wars: Why we don’t pay attention to the world’s worst violence

  Conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria have caught the western world's attention — but why are other conflicts left in the dark?

  World

  Jan 24, 2019
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• ‘The poor get nothing’: In Yemen, corruption keeps food and aid from reaching those in need

  “These incidents of fraud amount to stealing food from the mouths of hungry Yemeni children,”

  World

  Dec 31, 2018
• IN PHOTOS: Yemen’s civil war pushing families to live off leaves, bread crumbs

  Millions of Yemenis who lost everything — homes, jobs, loved ones — in nearly four years of civil war.

  World

  Nov 2, 2018
• 7-year-old girl whose haunting picture put spotlight on Yemen famine dies: NYT

  A seven-year-old Yemeni girl, whose haunting image of starvation turned the world's eyes to the famine and ongoing conflict in the country, has died, according to the New York Times.

  World

  Nov 2, 2018
• Saudi-led coalition keeps up Hodeidah assault before UN meeting

  A Saudi-led alliance of Arab states launched the largest assault of Yemen's war on Wednesday with an attack on the country's main port city Hodeidah.

  World

  Jun 14, 2018
• Mothers in Yemen skip meals, battle gnawing stomachs to feed children — but it’s not enough

  Around 2.9 million women and children are acutely malnourished; another 400,000 children are fighting for their lives.

  World

  May 3, 2018
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• Bodies litter streets of Yemeni capital Sanaa amid all-out ‘street war’

  Gun battles forced shops and schools to close in Yemen's capital on Sunday as residents warned a three-year rebel alliance was collapsing into a "street war".

  World

  Dec 3, 2017
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• Ottawa to match donations to new famine relief fund

  The federal government's new famine relief fund will support organizations working to provide assistance in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen and neighbouring regions.

  Canada

  May 29, 2017